Stock price Impac Mortgage Holdings (IMH) today

Positions on the same instrument but in opposite directions (buying and selling), opened with a certain time lag for fixing losses on the first open position. If a lock of the same amount is applied, a change in the price of a financial instrument will no longer affect the deposit capital, since losses in one position will be offset by profits in another. Traders often use the lock as a pause needed to assess the market, monitor its dynamics, and make a final decision on which direction to unlock the locked funds.

Last day to exercise an option or CFD contract. As a rule, the option term on futures transactions expires on a certain day of the month preceding the month of delivery under the futures contract. For example, the option for the April contract expires in March but it is called the April option, as it is realized in the position on the futures contract for April.

This means that the investor buys financial assets counting on the growth of their value and profit from their sale. This term is derived from the established opinion that the stock market has a long-term upward trend, and thus, over a long period of time, the price of the once-purchased shares will inevitably increase.